The coronavirus pandemic kept most of the nation on lockdown throughout the spring, but that didn’t stop coach Pete Carroll and his Seattle Seahawks from making the most of their virtual offseason.
“We killed it during the offseason in a way I couldn’t envision it going as well as it did,” Carroll told Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar in an exclusive interview. “It went great, and we accomplished a lot, and we’re smarter than we’ve ever been. The transition we make now will be huge. Who would have thought that we could come out of the offseason and say that this was an extraordinary offseason – learning and teaching and concepts, and then all of the social stuff and personal stuff we dealt with has been so challenging, but necessary.”
Via team and positional meetings on Zoom and other video programming, Carroll and his coaching staff did their best to prepare the players for the upcoming season despite being unable to take to the field. Carroll will get the chance to see if all the hard work has paid off when players report for training camp at the end of the month.
“Hopefully, we’re really going to make a turn here that’s extraordinary,” Carroll continued. “There’s so much happening, even though we’ve been sitting at home! It’s just amazing.”
Rookies and other select players are set to arrive at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center a few days before the rest of the roster reports on July 28.
